拍品 44
44
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (Lots 44-45)
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY METAMORPHIC SIDE CHAIR AND LIBRARY STEPS, the canted rectangular back with patera-centred waisted struts, the hinged padded seat covered in brown leather and enclosing four carpet-lined treads, on ring-turned tapering legs and toupie feet, the central strut of the splat replaced

细节
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY METAMORPHIC SIDE CHAIR AND LIBRARY STEPS, the canted rectangular back with patera-centred waisted struts, the hinged padded seat covered in brown leather and enclosing four carpet-lined treads, on ring-turned tapering legs and toupie feet, the central strut of the splat replaced

拍品专文

Related patterns for rectilinear chair-backs with 'French' cut-corners and patera-centred rails like the struts of an antique-tripod were first published in the 2nd edition of A. Hepplewhite & Co.'s Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, of 1788. A set of painted armchairs of related form was supplied for Osterley House, Middlesex in the 1780s (see: M. Tomlin, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, London, 1972, no. Q15). However, the pattern may have been invented by Thomas Chippendale Junior (d. 1822) for chairs supplied to Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bt. (see C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale,, London, 1978, fig. 171)